Thursday, December 20, 2007
Disneyland Part 1
One of my favorite things is to go to Disneyland. Brent is an especially fun Disneyland companion (except for the fact that he doesn't like rides... he's getting better, though)
One of our favorite rides is the train- it takes you all around the park. It's nice, especially when I had mono but didn't know I had mono and would be totally exhausted for no reason- sitting down for 20 minutes made me feel a whole lot better. One of the last times we rode the train, we sat behind two ladies who hadn't been to Disneyland in over 20 years and were having dinner at Club 33 (and clearly had NO IDEA what a big deal that was... Brent and I made sure they knew that that was a big deal).
They were discussing where to go until dinner time and what to do afterwards and didn't know where anything was, so I offered them my map and we got to talking about how different Disneyland is now and out of nowhere comes Edward. Edward was working on the train that day and within 30 seconds not only did he manage to totally interject himself into our conversation by telling the ladies what they should and shouldn't do, but he also managed to shatter my dreams of watching my children in the Jedi Training Academy... he heard that it was going away in the next 3 years (I bet he made that number up)... anyways- he talked our ears off for the rest of our train ride.
When we got off the train I remember saying to Brent "Was that guy for real??"
Yes. He was.
We saw him again a few weeks later, and I talked Brent into taking a picture of me with him in the background so that I could blog about it, and again, he couldn't help but interject himself into our business.
This picture so perfectly captures his personality.
Here's Edward elfed.
He's a sweet guy, and he gave me a great picture-story to tell.
One of our favorite rides is the train- it takes you all around the park. It's nice, especially when I had mono but didn't know I had mono and would be totally exhausted for no reason- sitting down for 20 minutes made me feel a whole lot better. One of the last times we rode the train, we sat behind two ladies who hadn't been to Disneyland in over 20 years and were having dinner at Club 33 (and clearly had NO IDEA what a big deal that was... Brent and I made sure they knew that that was a big deal).
They were discussing where to go until dinner time and what to do afterwards and didn't know where anything was, so I offered them my map and we got to talking about how different Disneyland is now and out of nowhere comes Edward. Edward was working on the train that day and within 30 seconds not only did he manage to totally interject himself into our conversation by telling the ladies what they should and shouldn't do, but he also managed to shatter my dreams of watching my children in the Jedi Training Academy... he heard that it was going away in the next 3 years (I bet he made that number up)... anyways- he talked our ears off for the rest of our train ride.
When we got off the train I remember saying to Brent "Was that guy for real??"
Yes. He was.
We saw him again a few weeks later, and I talked Brent into taking a picture of me with him in the background so that I could blog about it, and again, he couldn't help but interject himself into our business.
This picture so perfectly captures his personality.
Here's Edward elfed.
He's a sweet guy, and he gave me a great picture-story to tell.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
oh wow...
Last night, I found my first gray hair...
at first I wanted to have the typical "freak out" response, where I have a BIG and LOUD reaction and make a huge deal about my "fading beauty" and how I'm "reminded of my own mortality"... oh wait- that IS the reaction I had...
but this morning I was thinking about it and I thought "Is it really that big of a deal?"...
no. not really.
But still...
at first I wanted to have the typical "freak out" response, where I have a BIG and LOUD reaction and make a huge deal about my "fading beauty" and how I'm "reminded of my own mortality"... oh wait- that IS the reaction I had...
but this morning I was thinking about it and I thought "Is it really that big of a deal?"...
no. not really.
But still...
Friday, December 7, 2007
Juno
I can't wait to see this movie...
"Juno has an implicit pro-life sensibility: Life is life, and deserves to be nurtured, even -- if not especially -- when everything around it is broken."
So what do you think, homeskillet? Wanna go?
"Juno has an implicit pro-
So what do you think, homeskillet? Wanna go?
Did you hear the big news?
I just found out that I have readers in SEVEN other countries!
So exciting!
So exciting!
Monday, December 3, 2007
Dear Jessica,
Ever since you blogged about eating lunch at Trader Joe's, I've been thinking about it. In fact, I think about it every day at lunchtime and think "I wish I knew how to get to Trader Joe's from here."
Well, today I went.
And it was every bit as glorious as you'd described it.
So thank you, my dear Jessica, for a wonderful recommendation!
Love,
me
Well, today I went.
And it was every bit as glorious as you'd described it.
So thank you, my dear Jessica, for a wonderful recommendation!
Love,
me
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